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STATES PATENT oFFmE.

LOUIS ENSINGER, on LITTLE ELM, TEXAS.

B A LlNG-PRESS.

SPEOI F J IGA'IIO N forming .part of Letters Patent No. 252,200, datedJanuary 10, 1 882, Application filed October 26,1881. '(No model.) i

To all whom it may concert tle Elm, in the county of Benton and State ofTexas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Baling-Presse {ofwhich the fol- Be it known that I, LOUIS ENSINGER, ofLitlowing is afull, clear, and exact description.

- Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming p trt ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in allthe figures.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a sectional side elevation of my improvement. Fig.2, Sheet 1, isa

" sectional plan view of the same, taken through thebroken line as m,Fig. 1. Fig. 3, Sheet 1, is v a plan view of the same, parts beingbroken away. Fig. 4, Sheet 2, is an elevation, partly in section, of thetail end of the press. Fig.5, Sheet 2, is an elevation of thedriving-gearing.

The especial object of this invention is to economize time, labor, andexpense in baling cotton and other substances.

A represents the end frame of the head of the press, whiehis formed oftwo main sills and three cross pieces securely bolted together. The endframe B atthe tail of the press is formed of two main sills and twocross-pieces securely bolted together; The end frames, A 'B,'areconnectedat their corners by four iron rods, 0, each of which has twonuts at each end, oneupon each side of an end frame. The intermediateframe, D, is formed of sills and cross-pieces boltedto each other, andto which are attached the planks E, that forin the balin'g-box. To thecrosspieces of the headframe 'Aare attached narrow planks F, that formthe head block, the said planks being-placed at such a distance apart asto form spaces between them to receive the bale-bands. A simi-.

larset of planks,G, is secured to the forward side of the follower H,which isformed of two blocks securely bolted to each other. The followerH is madea little smaller than the interior of the baling-box E to allowthe bagging to be put around. it. The follower H is supported whilemoving forward and back by small rollers I, pivoted to bearings attachedto the rear side of the said follower, the said wheels rollingalongmetallic straps or plates J, at-

tached to th'ebottom of the said baling-box E. The side edges of thefollower H arekept from contactwith thesides ofthe baling-box byroll- Twithout being in gear with either.

ers K, pivoted to bearings attachedto the side parts of therear side ofthe said follower.

' To the rear side of the follower H is attached the forward end of thebar L, which has gearteeth'upon its sides and passes betweenguiderollers M, pivoted to bearings attached to the tail-frame B in suchpositions that thefaces of the said rollers M will bear against theupper and lower sides of the said bar, and thus cause it to move forwardand back in a straight line, so that the follower H will always be in avertical position. l

N are two gear-wheels placed upon the opposite sides of the rack-bar L,with their teeth meshing into the teeth of the -said'rack-bar L. Thegear-wheelsNare attached to two ver-' shaft R revolves in bearingsattached .to the tail frame B, blocks beinginterposed between the saidbearings and frame to raise the shaft It to a proper height.

One end of the shaft R projects, and to it are keyed or otherwisesecurely attached a large internally-toothed gear-wheel, S, anda smallgear-wheel, T, as shown in Fig. 4. Between the internal teeth of thegear-wheel S and the external teeth of the gear-wheel T is placed agear-wheel, U, of such a size thatit can be placed between the twogear-wheels S With this construction, when the gear-wheel U is in gearwith the gearwheel T the follower H will be moved with greaterspeedaudless power, and when the said gcar-wheelUis in gear with the gearwheel Sthe said follower H will *be moved with less speed and greater power.

The gear-wheel U is keyed or otherwise secured to the driving-shaft V,the outer end of which revolves in a bearing attached to a post orupright frame, W. ;The innerjournal of the shaft V revolves inabearihg-attached tothe middle partof a bar, X, which is hinged at oneend to and between two posts of the upright frame Y. The other end ofthe barX moves up and down between two posts of the said upright frameY, so that the gear-wheel U can be thrown into gear with either of thegearwheels S 'I. and out of gear with both of the said gear-wheels byadjusting the said bar X.

To the upper side of the flee end of the bar X, or to a support attachedto the said bar, is

hinged the lower end of a connecting-bar, Z,-

the upper end of which is hinged to the end of an arm, a, rigidlyattached to the rod 1). The

rod b extends across the machine and works with the lever 61. With thisconstruction, by

operating thelever d the wheel U can be thrown into gearwith either ofthe wheels S T and out of gear with both of said wheels, and will beheld securely in either of the said positions.

"To the shaft V are attached three pulleys, g h 'i, the central one, h,of which is fast, and the other two are loose.

belt,.j, for driving the followerH forward, and the other loose pulley,17, is designed to receive a crossed belt, k, for moving the saidfollower back. Each of the belts j k passes-between two fingers, 1,attached to a rod, m, to which they are secured by set-screws or othersuitable means that will allow them to be adjusted. The two pairs offingers l are at such a distance apart that when the belt-shifter is inthe position shown in Figs. 2 and 4 both belts are upon the loosepulleys and the follower is stationary. With thisarrangement, if thebeltshitter be moved to the right in Fig. 4; the straight beltj will bemoved to the fast pulley h and the follower H will be forced forward; orif the belt-shifterbe moved to the left, the crossed belt 7Q willbemoved to the fast pulley h and the follower H will be drawn back.

The rod m slides in bearings attached to the frame of thepress or othersuitable supports, and its end is pivoted to the end of an arm, 10,attached to the upright rod 0, which vworks in bearings attached to theframe of the press or other. suitable supports. To the lower part oftheupright rod 0 is attached an arm, p, projecting at right angles, ornearly at right 2: angles, with the arm n, and having a rod, q,

pivoted to its end. The rod q slides in and passes through a bearinginthe tail-frame B of the press, and its inner end projects so as to bestruck by the follower H' as it completes its rearward movement to moveboth belts to the loose pulleys and stopthe said rearward movement ofthe said follower. To the One of the loose p ul-" .leys, as g, isdesigned to receive a straight upper part of the upright rod 0 isattached an arm, 1, parallel with the arm 1) and at right angles withthe arm a. 'To the 'outer end of the arm 1' is pivoted the end of a rod,3, which extends forward to the head of the press, so that it can beconveniently reached andoperated by the pressman to shift the belts asrequired, the belts being always shifted by hand.

except in the single instance that the said belts will be shiftedautomatically when the follower completes its rearward movement.

The forward part of the baling-box .E is formed of four doors, the topand bottom doors, 1, being connected with the intermediate sills by twohinges, as shown in Fig. 3, and the side doors, a, being connected withthe intermediate side pieces by single hinges. To straps attached to theforward corners of the top and bottom doors, I, are hinged hooks a,which hook into the eyes w of straps attached to the 1 forward cornersof the sidedoors, u, and thus fasten the four doors firmly together. The

top and bottom doors, t, are furthersecured in place by the bars ac,(two to each door,) which are pivoted at their inner ends to the saiddoors in such positions that their outer ends can be swung out beneaththe tie-rods 0, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3, and swung in to allowthe said doors to be opened, as shown in dotted lines in the said Fig.3.

a In the upper rear part of the press-box E is formed an opening,through which the cotton to be pressedis introduced. To the press-frameat the four corners of the inlet-opening are secured four short posts, 1the upper ends of which are connected in pairs by inclined crossboards2, to serve as guides in introducing the cotton. To the lower edges ofthe boards 2 are hinged the outer edges of two doors, 1, the inner edgesof which meet, when the said doors are raised, to cover theinlet-opening, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The doors 1 are supported,when raised, by bars 2, pivoted at their upper ends to the ends of thesaid doors, and the lower ends of which rest upon the boards 3.

The doors 1, when opened, hang in vertical po; sitions and serve asguides to the cotton in en teringtheinlet-openingofthe baling-box. Theboards 3 cover the spaces between the sides of the baling-box E and thetie-rods O and prevent-any cotton from dropping through the said spaces.t I

When a condenser is used the cotton may be conducted from the condenserto the opening in the baling-box by an inclined apron or chute, asindicated in dotted linesin Fig.1, so as to avoid the labor of puttingthe cotton into the press by hand.

In using the press, as often as the rear part of the baling-box becomesfilled the cotton can be quickly packedinto theforward partof the saidbaling-box bythrowing the gear'Uinto gear with the small gear-wheel T,and when ton compressed into a bale. By raising the doors 1 each timethe follower begins to move forward the cotton will be stopped by thesaid doors, and thus kept from entering the balingbox in the rear of thefollower. When the follower has completed its rearward movement thedoors 1 can be lowered and the accumulated cotton allowed to drop intothe balingbox, so that the condenser can be run continuously.

Having thus described my inventionJ claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. The combination, with the follower H, of

the double rack-bar L, the two pinions N N on shafts O, the worm-wheelsP, and the reversely-threaded screws Q Q on the rotary shaft It, wherebythe follower is reciprocated, as described 2. The combination, with theshaft R and gear-wheels S T U, of the shaft V,'the hinged bar X, thehinged bar Z, the rod b, having arm a, the lever d, and the ratchet andpawl ef, whereby the gear-Wheel U can be thrown into gear with either ofthe wheels S T,as described.

3. The combination, with the fingers l m, of the rod 0, having arms 1?.p, placed at right angles to each other, the rod q, pivoted to the endof arm 10 and passing through a bearing in frame B, and the follower H,arranged to strike said rod q, as and for the purpose specified. 7

4. The combination, with the top and bottom doors, t, of the tie-rods Gand bars X, the latter pivoted to said doors and adapted to swing outunder the tie-rods, as and for the purpose specified.

5. The four short posts y, connected in pairs by inclined cross-boardsz, in combination with the two doors 1, hinged to the boards 2, the bars2, pivoted to said doors, and the boards 3, arranged as shown anddescribed.

LQUIS ENSINGER.

Witnesses J. G. WILKINS, R. B. HARRIS.

